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Investigate argparse formatter handling of color #139862

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opened on Oct 9, 2025
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Hmm, this seems like a bug. HelpFormatter accepts color, but it is then seemingly overridden in _get_formatter. This should probably be respected, or we should remove it to avoid confusion.

Originally posted by @savannahostrowski in #139818 (comment)

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